Prostate News Archive
29-Sep-2006
Alternative Medicine: Saw palmetto for prostate health (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Saw palmetto is a well-established herbal treatment for men who have symptoms of an enlarged prostate, known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The Relationship Of Ultrasensitive Measurements Of Prostate-specific Antigen Levels To Prostate Cancer Recurrence After (Medical News Today)
A rising PSA following radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (CaP) suggests disease recurrence. Ultrasensitive PSA (USPSA) tests can detect PSA at values as low as 0.001ng/ml. Dr. Taylor and colleagues publish a report in the September 2006 issue of the BJU International that evaluates USPSA values in the context of clinical outcomes. [click link for full article] Long-term Outcomes For Prostate Cancer Show Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Curative (Science Daily)
Results from the largest study of men with prostate cancer treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) show that the majority of patients remain alive with no evidence of disease after an average follow-up period of eight years. Prostate Cancer Appears Cured in 89 Percent of Men Treated with IMRT (Senior Journal)
September 27, 2006 - The vast majority of prostate cancer victims ? 89 percent - treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are alive and show no evidence of the cancer eight years after the treatment. Sensitive And Specific Biomarker For Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer Identified (Science Daily)
Scientists at a Maryland-based pharmaceutical company have preliminary evidence showing that a protein in the blood may prove to be a biomarker that is more sensitive and specific than current methods of early detection for prostate cancer. Published Study Shows Focal Cryoablation Effective in Destroying Prostate Cancer, Preserving Potency, Continence (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Endocare, Inc. , an innovative medical device company focused on the development of minimally invasive technologies for tissue and tumor ablation, announced today that a new study has demonstrated that specially targeted cryoablation, known as "focal cryoablation," may effectively destroy cancerous tumors in the prostate while preserving a patient's potency and continence. Prostate cancer screening event was a success (The Kentucky Standard)
The University of Louisville Kentucky Cancer Program (KCP) is grateful to Nelson County-City of Bardstown for helping to make the recent free prostate cancer screening, Drive Across Kentucky, a huge success. Hospital to host prostate cancer seminar (Asbury Park Press)
A seminar on prostate cancer will be held Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Ocean Medical Center on Jack Martin Boulevard. The free seminar, "Life After prostate Symposium,'' will include presentations from doctors and prostate cancer survivors. The session ends with a question-and-answer session. The seminar will be held at the hospital's east wing conference center. To register, call (800) 560-9990
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